Crop Variety Trials
Data Management and Analysis
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Beschreibung
Variety trials are an essential step in crop breeding andproduction. These trials are a significant investment in time andresources and inform numerous decisions from cultivar developmentto end-use. Crop Variety Trials: Methods andAnalysis is a practical volume that provides valuabletheoretical foundations as well as a guide to step-by-stepimplementation of effective trial methods and analysis indetermining the best varieties and cultivars.
Crop Variety Trials is divided into two sections.The first section provides the reader with a sound theoreticalframework of variety evaluation and trial analysis. Chaptersprovide insights into the theories of quantitative genetics andprinciples of analyzing data. The second section of the book givesthe reader with a practical step-by-step guide to accuratelyanalyzing crop variety trial data. Combined these sections providethe reader with fuller understanding of the nature of varietytrials, their objectives, and user-friendly database andstatistical tools that will enable them to produce accurateanalysis of data.
Autor*in
Weikai Yan
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Agriculture Biowissenschaften Botanik / Biotechnologie Crops Feldfrüchte Getreide Landwirtschaft Life Sciences Pflanzengenetik Plant Biotechnology Plant Genetics
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"Overall, in my opinion, Crop Variety Trials: DataManagement and Analysisis a highly useful practical manual of METdata management and data analysis techniques. The use of GGE biplotsoftware developed by the author has been amply demonstrated withexamples." (Crop Science, 1 November 2014)
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